This archive report was first published on 29 July 2019.
On July 29, 2019, police arrested three more suspects in connection with the theft of an unknown quantity of fuel from the Kenya Pipeline Company at Mlolongo.
The suspects, who were part of the fuel distribution network, were released on bail and bonds, just like the previous seven suspects.
According to Mlolongo DCIO Vincent Kipkorir, the new suspects have provided good leads, and the investigation is expected to expand next week.
‘We have also made good leads from them and hopefully next week we can expand our search for the others still at large. KPC staff have also been recording statements. This is a complex investigation with many intrigues and each arrest presents an opportunity to map more suspects and arrest them,’ Mr Kipkorir said.
The suspects had stolen fuel undetected for months by digging a tunnel from a compound down to the new 20-inch Sh48 billion fuel pipeline from Mombasa to Nairobi.
They ferried the loot in water bowsers labeled ‘Clean Water’.
